Pandora

Everyone gets to take one secret
to the grave 
whether it’s something you did 
or something you didn’t do 
or something that happened to you
a crime 
an accident 
an affair
a betrayal 
whatever.
There are some things other people just don’t need to know
that you don’t need to say
ever 
ever 
ever.

In the house of you 
there is a dark room 
and in that dark room 
there is a secret closet 
behind a fake wall 
and in that secret closet 
there is a trap door
in which is hidden 
a locked box 
and in that locked box 
there is a secret 
that must never be revealed 
to anyone 
and most importantly 
to you.